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Bound Figure with Feline Headdress

Maker: Unknown

Kero

Maker: Unknown

Ci Wara Headdress

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Headdress (Banda/Kumbaruba)

Female Ancestral Mask

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Mask (Tankagle)

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Egungun Mask Representing a Man with Hare’s Ears

Artist, possibly by: Oniyide Adugbologe (Nigerian, ca. 1875–1949)

Mask Representing a Maiden Spirit

Headdress in the Form of a Female Figure (Ogbom)

Male Helmet Mask (Mabu)

Artist: Mbwodang (Cameroonian)

Headdress

Male Mask

Female Mask (Mwana Pwo or Pwewo)

Zuhu Mask

Artist: Master of Buafle

Ornament in the Shape of a Bird

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Ci Wara Headdress

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